Why do young women get tested for sexually transmitted infections? Evidence from the national longitudinal study of adolescent health

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1225-1231

  Myers, Jaime L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHLAMYDIA; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; GONORRHEA; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION TESTING; SYPHILIS; WART VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 80051751658     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2010.2544     Document Type: Article

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